Entertainer of the Year
Cherryholmes
WINNER: The Grascals
Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
The Del McCoury Band
Rhonda Vincent & The Rage
Vocal Group of the Year
Blue Highway
The Isaacs
Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas
WINNER: Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Rhonda Vincent & The Rage
Instrumental Group of the Year
Blue Highway
WINNER: Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper featuring Audie Blaylock
Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas
The Del McCoury Band
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Male Vocalist of the Year
Ronnie Bowman
Russell Moore
Tim O'Brien
Larry Sparks
WINNER: Bradley Walker
Female Vocalist of the Year
WINNER: Dale Ann Bradley
Sonya Isaacs
Alison Krauss
Claire Lynch
Rhonda Vincent
Song of the Year
"All American Bluegrass Girl," Rhonda Vincent
WINNER: "Fork In The Road," The Infamous Stringdusters
"Lefty's Old Guitar," J.D. Crowe & The New South
"Sadie's Got Her New Dress On," Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
"The Last Suit You Wear;" Larry Sparks
Album of the Year (TIE)
All American Bluegrass Girl, Rhonda Vincent
WINNER: Fork In The Road, The Infamous Stringdusters
WINNER: Lefty's Old Guitar, J.D. Crowe & The New South
More Behind The Picture Than The Wall, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
The Last Suit You Wear, Larry Sparks
Recorded Event of the Year
Vassar Clements, Tony Rice & The Low Country All Star Band
WINNER: Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular - Tony Trischka
New Songs, Old Friends
Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby
Wow Baby - Hunter Berry
Instrumental Album of the Year
Acoustic Rising - Mark Johnson & Emory Lester
WINNER: Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular - Tony Trischka
Instrumentals - Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
No Apologies - Jim VanCleve
Wow Baby - Hunter Berry
Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year
"Did You Forget God Today," The Grascals
"He Lives In Me," Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
"Tell Someone," Kenny & Amanda Smith Band
"The Promised Land," The Del McCoury Band
WINNER: "We Shall Inherit," Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Emerging Artist of the Year
Cadillac Sky
Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper featuring Audie Blaylock
WINNER: The Infamous Stringdusters
Bradley Walker
Williams & Clark Expedition
Instrumental Performers of the Year
Banjo
Cia Cherryholmes
J.D. Crowe
Jim Mills
Sammy Shelor
WINNER: Tony Trischka
Bass
Barry Bales
Mike Bub
Mickey Harris
WINNER: Missy Raines
Marshall Wilborn
Fiddle
Hunter Berry
WINNER: Michael Cleveland
Stuart Duncan
Ron Stewart
Jim VanCleve
Dobro
Mike Auldridge
Jerry Douglas
WINNER: Rob Ickes
Randy Kohrs
Phil Leadbetter
Guitar
Jim Hurst
WINNER: Tony Rice
Kenny Smith
Larry Sparks
Bryan Sutton
Mandolin
WINNER: Sam Bush
Doyle Lawson
Ronnie McCoury
Adam Steffey
Chris Thile
Bluegrass Broadcaster of the Year
Kyle Cantrell, XM Satellite Radio
WINNER: Chris Jones, Sirius Satellite Radio
Ned Luberecki, Sirius Satellite Radio
Print Media Person of the Year
Aaron Keith Harris; National Review Online, Baltimore Examiner News
Lonesome River Review Blog
WINNER: John Lawless & Brance Gillihan, The Bluegrass Blog
Chris Stuart, Bluegrass Unlimited
Best Liner Notes for a Recorded Project
WINNER: Barry Poss & Jay Orr - Sugar Hill Records, A Retrospective
Peter K. Siegel, John Cohen & Jody Stecher - Friends of Old Time Music, The Folk Arrival 1961-1965
Gary Reid - Don Reno & Red Smiley and the Tennessee Cut-Ups, 1959-1963
Best Graphic Design for a Recorded Project
WINNER: Don Bailey, Hillbilly Hemingway - The Mark Newton Band, Rebel Records
Sue Meyer - Sugar Hill Records, A Retrospective
Visual Dialogue - Friends of Old Time Music, The Folk Arrival 1961-1965
Bluegrass Event of the Year Award
WINNER: 33rd Festival of the Bluegrass - Lexington, KY
The Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival - Ancramdale, NY
The 27th Annual Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Festival - El Rancho Manana Campground; St. Cloud, MN
